Nyhed: Sanktioner til debat

Skole : HHX
Medie : Online
Type : Enkeltfag
Fag : Engelsk
2015-målene :

Hvordan og hvorfor sanktionere? Nyhedsartikler om de økonomiske sanktioner analyseres for at undersøge argumenterne for og imod. Derudover belyser forløbet det zimbabwiske samfundsforhold og økonomiske forhold. Hvad skyldes den økonomiske situation ifølge henholdsvis Mugabe og de sanktionerende lande? 

Materialeoversigt

  • Southern Africa's finance ministers are mulling over a US$2 billion rescue package for Zimbabwe - 60 percent less than a 2008 estimate by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) of the financing required to haul the country out of its economic malaise.

  • Further restrictions could backfire and reunite African leaders behind Mugabe in the face of an interfering west

  • How to give Zimbabwe the boost it needs without propping up Mugabe.

  • Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday called on the United States and western countries to end international sanctions against Zimbabwe as part of his bid to start rebuilding the economy.

  • Western countries are divided on what policy to adopt after the formation of the inklusive Government in Zimbabwe with Nordic countries taking a lead in shifting policy on the country, while Britain, United States and their allies say they will take a ”cautious approach” in supporting the new Government.

  • The World Bank is willing to help Zimbabwe recover from a devastating economic crisis, but it is critical for the country's institutions to restore democracy and human rights, the bank said on Thursday.

  • Western reconstruction assistance to Zimbabwe is being held up because President Robert Mugabe's supporters are continuing to disrupt farming activity on white-run farms. Meanwhile, a white Zimbabwe commercial farmer has been elected as president of the regional agricultural union and vice president for Africa on the world body representing most small-scale and communal farmers.

  • Zimbabwe’s president lashed out at Western powers in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, accusing them of genocide and calling for the removal of U.S. and British sanctions.

  • The United States will not lift sanctions against President Robert Mugabe and senior members of his ZANU PF party just yet, US ambassador to Zimbabwe James McGee said on Wednesday.

  • Gloser til alle teksterne i forløbet

  • "Zimbabwe Now And Before" er en baggrundstekst, der i korte træk beskriver Zimbabwes politiske situation og historie. Teksten er på engelsk.